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>From: Lorraine Williams <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "'Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum'"  <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: RE: #4973 NT/Office 97 and spellcheckers
>Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 18:38:58 -0400

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We have only three of those language proofing tool kits installed on out NT
system and you still see all of them listed.  You need to know which ones to
choose to use them. There are several for each of the most widely used
languages, and since we only have French, German and Spanish, this is very
important.  I don't know if there is a way to limit the list to just those
we offer.  If there is, please let me know.

Lorraine Williams
Academic Technology Coordinator
Saint Michael's College
1 Winooski Park
Colchester, VT 05439
(802) 654-2475
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 1999 5:36 PM
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> Subject:      #4973 NT/Office 97 and spellcheckers
> 
> --- Forwarded Message from LeeAnn Stone <[log in to unmask]> ---
> 
> >Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 11:32:18 -0700 (PDT)
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >From: LeeAnn Stone <[log in to unmask]>
> 
> Hi,
> 
>     I'm in a language lab and occasionally I get people who
>  would like to spellcheck in a language other than english.
> We are running Windows NT and Office 97.  I know that
> under the Tools menu, Language menu you can set the
> language used for spell checking.  It lists over 50 options,
> however none of them seem to really work (though there
> is no indication from the program that you're not really
> checking in the selected language, you just have to
> know).  I believe that it's pulling the list of languages from
> the the OS built in list found in the Keyboard control panel
> and that the dictionaries are not actually installed but still listed.
> To avoid user confusion I removed that menu item from Word.
> Knowing though that the Mac version of Office had about 10
> other dictionaries in the Proofing Tools folder of the Value Pack
>  folder on the CD I assumed the PC version would have them also,
> however I didn't find any additional dictionaries.  I discovered
> that they need to be purchased separately, but now my question is,
> if additional dictionaries are purchased and installed and I put the
> Set Language menu item back in Word, will just those languages be
> displayed or will all 50?  Is there a way to
> remove from that list the languages that are not actually installed or is
> there any indication to the user as to which are really installed?
> 
> Thanks,
> Stan Woo-Sam
> Humanities Instructional resource Center
> UC Irvine